Al Yankovic Quotes

You never want to do anything that you don't want your mother to see, because it will haunt you and eventually come back to bite you!

You know for me when I promise something I want to deliver. If you don't, you have to disappear.

I've taken a lot of time to build up the name Flavor Flav, but this could come tumbling down in 30 seconds. If you want to keep what you worked for hard all your life, then you got to do the right thing in your life.

I'm the kind of person that believes that I would like to be evaluated by my entire career and my entire life, not two words that I would misspeak and then later apologize for.

People don't always realize that a record is forever. It'll always be there under your name. You've got to be certain that it's right.

If you're putting your name on something, it's really important to be a part of it, or else people will just do whatever they want with it. And then it's not really you, and it won't be true.

Everyone makes mistakes, and they never go unnoticed when you're in the public eye.

I always like to look at things and think, 'Would I be proud to bring my grandma and grandpa to come see me in this?' And if I wouldn't want them to see it, then it's not something that I should immortalize myself on film in.

I have to live with what I say, or don't say, tens of thousands of times a game.

I think a lot about something: Abe Rosenthal was once asked what he wanted on his headstone, and he said he wanted it just to say, 'He kept the paper straight.' And I think about that a lot.

I've had to work hard all my life, and I will never, ever ask a fan or reader to pay for something I've rushed. It's not fair to them, and I will never give them anything except my absolute best.

The test of a belief is not exclusively in the belief itself, but also in the intentions and actions of those who embrace it.

Live never to be ashamed if anything you say or do is published around the world, even if what is said is not true.

My parents were strict and taught me the proper fundamentals that I would use in my life. They taught me commitment to work hard.

I could have been a dental hygienist with nothing bad ever appearing in print about me, but that's not how I've chosen to lead my life. I knew that you put yourself under a microscope the more famous you become.

I am disappointed that my 25 years in public life have apparently not earned me the benefit of the doubt, but I understand that Senator Mitchell's report has raised many serious questions. I plan to publicly answer all of those questions at the appropriate time in the appropriate way. I only ask that in the meantime people not rush to judgment.

Those who invoke history will certainly be heard by history. And they will have to accept its verdict.

One person's embarrassment is another person's accountability.

I don't have my name on anything that I don't really do.

I have lived my life that way and I expect the people who work for me to be the same way.

There is no accountability today... no willingness to focus on big ideas.

I live my life and I do what I do, and sometimes you forget that people are watching you.

I take complete and sole responsibility for my present situation.

It would be dangerous territory if I wasn't practising what I preach which is to always accept responsibility, always accept the consequences of your actions.

I try to stay in line and not be a jerk. I've always been conscious that if I really screw up, people might notice.